Planer



March 17, 192s.

P. BILLINGSLEY PLANER Filed July s, 192'1 f/mxfi March 17, 1925.

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PIERCY LEON BILLINGSLEY, OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

PLANER.

Application led July 5, 1921. Serial No. 432,381. n f

at Orlando, in the county of Orange and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'icnts in Planers; and l do hereby declare the following; to be a full. clear, and exact description of thev invention, such as 4will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

The present invention relates to planers and kindred devices, and aims to provide a novel and improved portable device of vthat kind adapted to be driven by a flexible operating mechanism, and adapted especially for use as an attachment to the flexible operating mechanism disclosed in my copending application Vfiled May 17, 1.921, Serial No. 470,413 (Patent No. 1,424,148 granted August l, 1922.)

Another object of the invention is the provision of such a device comprising` novel means for mounting' and guidinga circular or cylindrical planer bit or wheel, or equivalent rotary implement, for planing off the edges ofdoors, boards, and other objects, or for doing,` other similar work, provision beingn made for adjustments to regulate the depth and angle of the cut made.

A. further object is the provision of such a device which is useful for planing;` the edges and other portions of doors, window sashes` boards, and the like, in order to supply the requirements for which ordinary hand planers are used, and the device having` novel and improved features of construction to enhance the utility and efficieney thereof for the intended purposes.

A still further Objectis to provide a power-driven planer or device of that kind which can be conveniently manipulated manually7 for doing various kinds of planing with ease and dispatch, and the device including, adjustments toregulatethe cuts made land to comply with various conditions required.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be understood as the description proceeds7 the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what ,is claimed, wit-h- `out departngfroin the spirit of fthe invention;

Theinveiition is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein t Figure l is a. side elevation of the device, with the `drivingi mechanism removed. and the rotary cutter shown Ain dot and dash line. f

i Figi'. 2 is a plan view of the device.

3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. a is a central cross section taken. on the liiie lf-fl of Fig'. 2, and showing the device assembled with the driving;` mechanism.

Fig'. 5 is asection on the line 5-5 of' Fig'. l;

The device compris s the stock or body having the ends 8 andl 9, and a longitudinal outstanding),` base or sole flange 10 at one side toslide on the edge or surface of the board or other object` worked on. The flange lO extends from the end 8 to a point short of the intermediate portion of the slidable stock 7.

The ystock 7 has a guide or slideway 27 perpendicular with `the lower edge thereof intermediate the ends of said stock, and a depth slide or block l() is slidable upwardly and downwardly in the guide or slotr 27, and has a circular opening kor bore 2S extending therethrough transversely7 of the stock 7 and guide 27. The slide 40 has clamping platellO at one side held by a clamping` screw l-G. to clamp said slide in its adjusted position. An upst-anding` screw stem 2f) is secured to the upper portion et the slide 4L() and passes slidably through'itlie upper portion. of the member or stock 7, and an adjusting nut 30y is threaded on said stem and bears on the stock 7. A lock nut 3l is threaded on the stem below the upper portion of the base 7 to be tightened for holding the stem 29 and slide et() in adjusted position.

A handle 35 is secured on the stock 7 near one end thereof, for .conveniently sliding the device lengthwise for the planing operation.

'The planing cutter, or equivalent imple'- ment,l is rotated by a driving' or operating mechanism which is assembled with the slide 40. As shown in Fig. 4, the flexible yoperating mechanism, as disclosed in the aforesaid application, is used, and only the freely movable terminal portion lof such mechanism is shown (the saine reference UNITED smits parametrica.,

secured in the terminals thereof, and a tubular spindle or arbor 37 is fitted for rotation in said bushings. A pulley wheel l2is secured on the spindle 37 between said bushings for retaining),` the spindle in place, and a belt Llll passes around said pulley wheel for rotating said spindle, and is guided between rollers 45. The mandrel or shaft 38 on which the planer cutter or implement i3 is secured, is received by the tubular spindle 37, and said spindle has a screw-threaded portion 37 at that end opposite to the cutter into which the screwthreaded terminal 38 of the shaft 38 is screwed, for fastening` said shaft to the spindle. The shaft has a collar 3S`l thereon to bear against that end of the spindle opposite to the screw-threaded end, for fasteningthe shaft securely to the spindle, and the rot-ary cutter i3 is secured on the projecting portion of the shaft, adjacent to the collar 38. The bushing is extended from the yoke 26 in order'to enter the opening 2S of the slide or block a0, so as to provide a detachable slip connection between the driving` mechanism and the portable or movable device. The extended portion of the bushing` 36 is thus conveniently slipped in the opening 28, for assembling` the mechanism and device, and in order tohold them assembled, said. bushing has an annular groove 89 in the extended portion thereof to receive a ball or catch il slidable in the slide or block l0 and projected by a spring al confined behind said ball. `When the slide 4l() and bushing 36 are fitted together, the ball or catch il is pressed into the bore or socket, and when the parts are moved together, said ball will snap into the groove thereby holding the yoke 26 and slide l0 together, but permitting' said parts to turn relatively, when the device is moved longitjidinally. lhcbushing` S6 can thus turn in the slide 40. lWhen the driving meehansin'i and device are thus assembled, the cutter can be attached by sliding the shaft S8 into the spindle `37 and screwing said shaft into place. The cutter is thus secured to the rotary spindle 37 of the driving mechanism, and such spindle and bit will be adjusted with the slide: l0 upwardly and downwardly. The terminal portion or bushing 36 of the drivin. g mechanism is thus conveniently assembled. with thevdevice for adjustment therewith, to position the cutter accordingly, and in a like manner other devices or attachments can be used interchangeably with the planer, by having' such devices each equipped with a slide or block 410 to lit on the bushing 36. Various devices of attachments for doing different kinds of work can thus be used interchangeably with the driving mechanism.

A miter' or Aangle gageis provided kfor regulating the angle of the out made, and,

for this purpose, a guide bar extends longitudinally under the stock 7 and has upstanding ears 52 at its ends overlapping the ends 8 and 9 of the stock 7 and piv oted thereto by means of pivot screws 53 extending through the ears 52 and threaded into the ends of the stoclr. The bar 55 is thus pivoted for turning .movement about a longitudinal airis, to enable said bar to be adjusted to different angles with respect to. the base `flange or slice l0. In ord-cr to facilitate the adjustment of said bar or guide member 55 to different angles, pointers 46 are secured on the ends of the stock 7 and extend over the degree graduations i7 on the ears 52.

A dept-h slide or plate 56 is carried by the stock 7 and has a lower outstanding sole flange or shoe 57 extending longitudinally of the stock at one side thereof. Said slide 56 and its flange or shoe 57 are disposed at that end of the stock opposite to the flange or shoe l0, and the adjacent ends of said flanges or shoes 10 and 57 are spaced apart to accommodate the cutter between them, as seen in Fig. 1. The slide 56 has inclined grooves 58 engaging inclined guide ribs 59 with which the stock 7 is provided at one side, for guiding said slide for adjustment upwardly and downwardly on an incline, so that the end of the flange 57 under the cutter is kept out of contact therewith in raising and lowering said flange. An adjusting screw' 60 is threaded through a lug 6l outstanding from the slide 56 above the flange 57, and said screw is seated in a slotted ear 62 projecting from the stock 7 between the ribs 59. The screw has collars 68 above and below the ear 62, to prevent the screw from sliding through said ear, and the screw has a lrnob 6d at its upper end for conveniently turning' said screw by hand to move the slide 56 upwardly or downwardlv. The slide 56 and ribs 59 have slots 65 receiving clamp ing bolts 66 having wing nuts 67 thereon whereby said bolts canbe tightened to sist in clamping the slide 56 in its adjustefJ position.

In using the device, the slide or block 4:0 is assembled with the driving mechanism, by fitting the bushing 36 in said slide, and the ball 41 will snap into the groove 39, to hold the mechanism and device assembled. The cutter is then attached by inserting the shafty or stem 38 thereof into the tubular spindle 37 and screwing said shaft into place within the spindle. The slide or block 40 is then adjusted upwardly or downwardly to position the cutter i3 with the lower plane surface of theitlange l0 tangential with the bottom of the cutter 43, and said slide 40 is then secured in place by the clamping screw 40 and loch nut 31. The slide or plate 56 is then adjusted to raise or lower the flange o7` by Aturning the knob G41., in .order to bring the lower plane surface of the flange 57 the desired distance above the plane of the lower surface of the flange l parallel therewith, so as to regulate the depth of the out made or the amount of material cut away by the cutter. The slide 56 is then secured in place by tightening` the nuts 67.

lf a. square cut is desired, Vthe guide bar 55 is positioned at right angles with the flanges 10 and 57A and if a miter or bevel cut is wanted, said bar 55 is positioned at the desired. angle with respect to saidv fianges, the angle being indicated by the.

pointers 46 on the lgraduations 47.v The planer is then used in much the same as an ordinary hand planer, the flanges or shoes l0 and 57 sliding on the edge of the board,

door, window sash or` other object to `be planed off, and the guide bar 55 sliding along one side of the object. The device is moved or pushed forwardly by the handle 35, and the flange or shoe 57 moved in advance of the cutter lf3, while theflange or shoe 10 follows in rear of such cutter. In other words, the flange 57 travels on the surface ahead of the cutter, which is slightly higher than the surface planed off by the cutter on which the flange or shoe l() slides. The device can be moved with a minimum manual effort` inasmuch as the work of cutting` or planing off the wood is done by the power-driven cutter. It is thus an easy matter to plane off the edges and other surfaces vice is intended especially for planing` ofiy the edges or corners of boards and other objects. and for rabbeting them in certain instances. The gage bar can not only be swungbelow the flanges l() and 57 and be` low the stock 7 but can also be swung to that side of the stock opposite to the flanges, with the bar 55 in substantially the same plane as the flanges. ln the last named position of the gage bar 55, the device will have a broad lower surface, and the device may be supported in inverted position and used similar to a stationary planing machine.

Having thus described the invention, what `is claimed as new is 1. A planer comprising a stock having an outstanding lower plane ange at one side flush with the bottom surface of the stock. a slide adjustably mounted on the stock at said side thereof for up and down movement and having` a lower outstanding plane fiange at said side of the stock to be disposed flush with or spaced above the bottom surface of the stock, said flanges being spaced apart, a depth slide adjustable vertically in the stock. and a rotary cutter at said `side of the stock carried by said slide and located between said flanges. y

2. A planer comprising a stock, flanges supported from the stock at the bottom surface thereof and projecting from the stock at one lside thereof, said flanges being spaced apart, a cutter at said side of the stock between said flanges, and a gage bar having upwardly extending ears pivotally connect ed with said stock, said bar being arranged to be positioned under the stock and said flanges and to be positioned at that side of the stock opposite to the flanges substantially in the same plane as said flanges.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERCY L. BTLLNGSLEY. itnesses H. M. VOORHIs,

ANNIE M. SADLER. 

